Garment construction



Aug. 15, 1939. J. GIUSEFFI GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed June 24, 1938INVENTOR. era/ye G/uoe/fi.

ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 15, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENTCONSTRUCTION Application June 24, 1938, Serial No. 215,660

1 Claim.

This invention relates to garment construction,

and particularly to the provision of shoulder pads in coats of theunlined type commonly used for summer wear. 5' An object of theinvention is to provide a coat of this kind with shoulder padding inorder to effect the built-up shoulder construction usually seen only incoats of heavier materials in which linings are ordinarily provided.

Another object is to provide a novel method for applying the shoulderpads to lighter type garments of the kind indicated.

Another object is to provide a novel form of shoulder pad for garmentsof the type mentioned.

Another object is to effect such construction in a simple and effectivemanner and at a minimum of cost.

These and other objects are attained by the means and methods describedherein and illus- 90 trated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a coat comprising the means of thepresent invention, the neck portion of the coat being omitted.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the 5 coat turned with theinner side out to disclose the means of this invention in operativeposition.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental view showing the inside portions of a coat,particularly the shoulder and sleeve head portions thereof with theshoulder 50 pad of this invention attached to the sleeve head portionsbut detached from the shoulder portions of the coat.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View of the shoulder pad of the presentinvention with a portion thereof 35 broken away.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section through the shoulder and adjacent sleeveportions of a garment constructed according to this invention.

As already suggested, it has been possible heretofore to achieve aneffective padded shoulder construction only in coats of the heaviervariety in which lining is provided, the padding being disposed beneaththe lining. In garments of the lighter kind, there being no such liningprovided, the padding has been omitted, with a consequent loss in regardto a trim and squared-off appearance of the shoulders.

The present invention makes it possible to apply shoulder pads ingarments provided only with interior shoulder facing and yoke, the padsbeing superimposed upon and attached to the shoulder facing and yoke andto the sleeve head portions of the garment.

In greater detail and with reference to the drawings, the pad of thisinvention is shown in Fig. 4 and may. comprise a body 8 of suitablepadding material, interior padding covers 9 and ill,

a top cover H of finish material, and a partial bottom cover l2,likewise of finish material. The padding 8 and interior covers 9 and Imay be suitably secured together by stitching l3 and the parts of thepad as a whole attached together by edge stitching M. This pad is of thetype having an open or unstitched edge, shown at the bottom of Fig. 4.At this portion of the pad, the 10 finish cover I l is formed to extendas at l 5 beyond the remainder of the pad for a purpose to be described.

The coat illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is of the type comprising abody l6 having sleeves ll and provided on the inside with facing I8extending forwardly from the stitching lines l9 and (Fig. 2) to thefront vertical edges of the coat.

A yoke 2| is provided in the coat, extending, as seen in Fig. 3, down tothe armhole of the coat. 20 It may be noted that in Fig. 2 the rightside of the coat is shown, whereas the left side portions are shown inFig. 3.

The pad of the present invention is applied to the coat by sewing theedge of the extension [5 of the pad to the upper portion of the insideof the sleeve head by the same stitching utilized for attaching thesleeve to the armhole portions of the coat. For this operation, the padwould ordinarily be held in a reversed position, as seen in Fig. 3,while said edge thereof is attached as described. The attached edge ofthe extension 15 is indicated at 22. The edge of the body portion l6 ofthe coat is indicated at 23 and the edge of the facing inside the coatis indicated at 24. Simultaneously with this operation, the end edge ofthe yoke 2| is attached, as at 25, to the armhole portion of the coat.

It will be seen that piping 26 is applied around the joined edges at thearmhole of the coat, 0 the ends of the piping extending, as suggested at21, inwardly of the ends of the attached edge of the extension l5 of thepad.

After this initial attachment of the pad, the latter is turned over andsuperimposed, as indi- 4,5 cated by the broken line 30, upon theshoulder portions of the coat, that is, upon the facing l8 and yoke 2|and is thereafter attached to these parts by suitable stitching 28around the edge of the pad. It will be noted that this turning over andattachment to the pad results in the extension I5 enclosing the openedge portion of the pad so that a neat and finished appearance isachieved.

In Fig. 2 it will be seen at the upper right hand 56 portions of thearmhole that the pad, in operative position, extends beyond the yoke 2I, as indicated at 29. The under-portions of the pad are thereforereadily visible inside the coat, but the partial bottom cover I2 of thepad which like the top cover I I, may be of the same finish material asthe yoke 2|, prevents the interior portions of the pad from being seen.i V p The pad itself and the mannerrof applying it are simple andeffective and add little to the construction cost of the coat, at thesame time achieving the trim and built-up appearance desirable ingarments today. v

What is claimed is:'

The method of positioning a shoulder pad in a, garment provided with a,shoulder and a sleeve stitched thereto, the method consisting of sewingan edge of the pad to the edge of the shoulder inside the garment andwith the same stitching attaching together said sleeve and shoulder, and

" subsequently placing and securing the pad in

